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ISLA VISTA >> On a quiet Sunday morning, parishioners listened to sermons of passion and love while impromptu monuments to those who died in a weekend shooting rampage grew with notes of condolences, candles and flowers.

In a sermon, Father Art Najera spoke to the congregation at St. Mark’s University Parish’s morning mass about the importance of love and compassion.

“Certainly, he didn’t feel loved by his community,” he said. “There was a void in his life, and he was seeking to fill it, and that void can be filled with our faith in God.”

“It is a tragedy that people feel the need to commit such horrible acts because they’re not loved,” said Colleen Murphy, a 17-year-old Goleta resident who attended the service.

One of St. Mark’s members narrowly avoided being shot in Friday night’s rampage. A friend she was with was shot in the leg, Father John Love said.

“She was scared and I met with her,” Love said. “We just talked for an hour.”

A Christian-based fraternity at UC Santa Barbara was also on hand for Sunday morning’s mass.

“One of our brothers goes here and we wanted to support him,” Alpha Gamma Omega member Blake Butterfield said. “I think this community needs prayer right now.”

Further up the street from the church at I.V. Deli a makeshift monument at the spot where Chris Michael-Martinez was killed continues to grow as mourners bring small gifts and bouquets of flowers.

Derrick Hayes, a 40-year-old resident of Isla Vista, was there to drop off flowers at the memorial.

“We’re all family here,” Hayes said. “This affects all of us.”

Sheriff Bill Brown, appearing on CNN on Sunday, said that investigators are tying up a few ends, but “for the most part, I think, we have a pretty clear picture of what happened “

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Authorities have said Elliot Rodger, 22, killed the first victims in his own apartment. The names of those three victims have not been released. The bodies of the three men were found after the citywide shooting and vehicle-ramming rampage began.

Rodger shot 2 women and injured a third in front of the Alpha Phi sorority, which he had called “the hottest sorority of UCSB.” The two killed were 19-year-old Veronika Weiss and 22-year-old Katherine Cooper.

Rodger, authorities said, then drove to a deli where he walked inside and shot and killed another UC Santa Barbara student, 20-year-old Christopher Michaels-Martinez, the sheriff said.

Michaels-Martinez was the last one killed, but the rampage would continue as Rodger drove across Isla Vista, shooting at some and running down others with his car, twice exchanging gunfire with deputies. He was shot in the hip, but the gunshot to the head that killed him was thought to be self-inflicted, Brown said.

Thirteen people were injured, eight from gunshot wounds, four from the vehicle and one whose origin wasn’t clear. Just four of the injuries were considered serious. Brown told CNN on Sunday that investigators were still finalizing next of kin notifications and positive identifications.

Deputies found three semi-automatic handguns with 400 unspent rounds in his black BMW. All were purchased legally

Late Saturday night, more than a thousand students and community members gathered for a somber remembrance of friends and classmates killed in the rampage.

Holding candles the group assembled at the center of campus for a rendition of “Amazing Grace” by the school’s Acapella group, before marching a mile or so through town to a park.

Chancellor Henry Yang said he was moved by the compassion of first responders, students and community members.

“We know there are many more difficult days ahead of us,” Yang said. “We will continued to draw strength and support from each other.”

Students, who knew victims of last night’s slayings, also addressed the crowd.

“I just want to say, Chris, wherever you are, I love you,” said one student, stopping to compose himself at times.

St. Mark’s University Parish’s will hold a mass at 7 p.m. Sunday for students of UC Santa Barbara.